A Thousand Stars: Episode III, Part 39
Jul. 25th, 2024 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilObi-Wan left Anakin/Vader for dead. He couldn't deliver the killing blow. Now this broken, ravaged man clings to his last shred of life.
From my very first viewing of this film, this image haunted me. A mechanical limb grasping desperately at ashes. What a perfect encapsulation of who Darth Vader truly is, how tragic and pathetic his attempts at absolute control. For all his imposing figure throughout the original trilogy, beneath those trappings he is still nothing more than a feeble clutching hand, trying to catch hold of everything he lost.
And the full view of what's left of his body. Yikes.
I'll be on vacation this coming Thursday, so expect a new installment in two weeks. Next time, parallels....
From my very first viewing of this film, this image haunted me. A mechanical limb grasping desperately at ashes. What a perfect encapsulation of who Darth Vader truly is, how tragic and pathetic his attempts at absolute control. For all his imposing figure throughout the original trilogy, beneath those trappings he is still nothing more than a feeble clutching hand, trying to catch hold of everything he lost.
And the full view of what's left of his body. Yikes.
I'll be on vacation this coming Thursday, so expect a new installment in two weeks. Next time, parallels....
